Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

E. J, KRAETZER.

GLOVE FASTENEB. No. 359,615; v Patented Mar. 22, 1887'.

WITNEIEEEEZ r INVEN-TEI UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN J. KRAETZER, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,615, dated March 22, 1887.

' Application filed January 22, 1887. Serial No. 225,190. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that "I, EDWIN J. KRAETZER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Glove Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, convenient, and durable glovefastener, which may be secured tothe opposite portions of the wrist of a glove or other article in a very expeditious manner, so as to form a neat and compact fastening, which may be connected and disconnected instantly when the glove is in use, and yet hold the parts together very firmly against any lateral strain tending to displace or disconnect the opposite portions; and it consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts of the device, as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of the top cap disconnected from the other parts of the fastener. Fig. 2 represent a similar view of the interior spring shell or case as formed to receive the spring. Fig. 3 represents a plan of the spring-ring. Fig. 4 represents an elevation of the inclosing annular flanged springretainer. Fig. 5 represents a vertical section through the shell-case, spring-ring, and annular flanged spring-holder as connected together in position to be attached. Fig. 6 represents an elevation of the shell-stud. Fig. 7

represents an elevation of the hollow rivet..

Fig. 8 represents a vertical section through the shell-stud and hollow rivet as secured in position. Fig. 9 represents a vertical section through the opposite portion of the fastener, consisting of the cap, spring-shell, spring, and flanged retainer secured in position. Fig. 10 represents a vertical section of a glove-fastener secured in position as embodying my,,invention. Fig. 11 represents an elevation "of a; cap and spring-shell combined disconnected from the other parts, showing a modification of Fig. 2. Fig. 12 represents a plan of the spring-ring. Fig. 13 represents an elevation of an attachingeyelet disconnected from the other parts, Fig. 14. represents a plan view of a washer. Fig. 15 represents avertical section showing a modification of one portion of the fastener connected to a portion of a glove-wrist or other article.

Arepresents the top shell or cap, formed of sheet metal, and provided with a central opening, B, surrounded by an annular depression or countersunk cavity, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The said opening B is adapted to receive the upper end, 0, of the spring-shell D, which is then pressed down and somewhat flattened, so as to expand the end portion 0 and cause it to fill the said cavity fornied in the top surface of the cap A when secured in position on the material, forming one side portion of the opening or slit in the wrist of a glove, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. This shell D is formed of sheet metal, having a somewhat conical shape, and provided with an internal annular shoulder, E, adapted to retain the split ring or circular spring H in its relative position within the said shell D when it is securedtherein by means of the annular flanged spring-retainer G, which is placed over the lower end of the shell D after the spring-ring H has been inserted or placed therein, and then the flange G of the spring-retainer is closed upon the said shell D, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, whereby the spring is retained in position inclosed within the said parts loosely, so as to permit it to be expanded by the introduction of the headK of the shell-stud when pressed or forced through the said spring-ring H, which contracts about the neck L of the stud, so as to temporarily retain the same in position when secured upon the opposite side portion of the material forming the wrist of a glove, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. 7 It will be seen and understood that in order to secure the samepermanently in position a small hole is cut out or punched through the material, then the flange J of the hollow stud is placed thereon, surrounding said hole, and thenthe point end N of the hollow rivet M is driven or forced within the said hollow stud and through the countersunk opening formed in the head end K thercoffand the end N of the rivet is upset therein or headed, so as to form a smooth oval finish or complete head to the stud, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10. It will be seen that the flangohead P of said hollow rivet M is brought to bear upon the opposite side of the material of the hollow stud, and, also, that when the rivet is thus upset or headed its body M is somewhat expanded within the head portion of the said hollow stud, as shown in Figs. 8 and 10, whereby the two hollow sections forming this portion of the stud are more firmly united together.

It will be seen that by means of this peculiar construction of the head-end portion of the stud the same is left in a smooth finished condition, as desirable in use and operation as the same could be were the same turned and formed from solid metal (requiring much extra expense and greater difliculty to attach) as well as to overcome the objections found in those heretofore made with an open top or head of the stud and center opening left in the outer cap after the glove-fastener is attached to the glove, ready for use.

I have designed a modification of one section of the fastener wherein a single cap, D, serves to retain the spring-ring H in position in the said cap by connecting the lower end of the same with the horizontal flange of the spring-ring retainer G,whieh isinserted within the lower end of the cap D, which is then closed inwardly over the same, so as to retain the said spring-ring H loosely in position therein and permit it to coact with the head K of the said shellstud when brought in contact with the said spring, as above described. This section of the fastener maybe secured to the material of the glove by means of the downward projecting or vertical portion It being inserted through an opening formed therein to receive it, and the washers S placed over the projecting tubular end, and then the said end turned over outward thereon and clinched down, as shown in Fig. 15, whereby this section of the fastening is secured in position, and is adapted to be connected with and disconnected from the other section, (shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8,) as above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A glove-fastener consisting of the outer cap, A, having a central opening, B, surrounded by an annular cavity, the spring-shell D, provided with an annular shoulder, E, and closed top, which is fitted within the said opening 13 and headed down to fill the said cavity, and the spring-ring H and springretainer G, connected together and secured in position, as shown and described.

2. The stud consisting of the outer shell having the head K, provided with a countersunk opening, and the hollow rivet M, fitted within said opening, and the end N, headed down to fill the said cavity-opening, and thereby form a smooth head to the stud, connected together and secured in position, as shown and described.

3. .The fastener consisting of the spring-cap shell D, provided with an annular shoulder, E, and closed top, and the spring-ring H, and spring-retainer G, connected together and secured in position and adapted to fasten with the stud, as shown and described.

ED\VIN J. KRAEIZEH.

Vitnesses:

SYLvENUs WALKER, XVILLIAM H. PARRY. 

